Day’s best: George W. Bush’s AIDS activism

Say what you will about George W. Bush’s presidency — and many of you have — you have to admire the former president’s continued dedication to bringing life-extending medical treatment to those afflicted with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

We carried a piece in the Post today by Bush that spoke to his continuing efforts to build support for bringing antiretroviral AIDS drugs to people living in sub-Saharan Africa.

He and former First Lady Laura Bush, in partnership with other public and private organizations, also are working to save African women from breast and cervical cancer through an organization called Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon.

It’s heartening to see a former president use the prestige of his position and his spectrum of contacts to bring positive change to a part of the world that can really use a helping hand.

Vincent Carroll is The Denver Post's editorial page editor. He has been writing commentary on politics and public policy in Colorado since 1982 and was originally with the Rocky Mountain News, where he was also editor of the editorial pages until that newspaper gave up the ghost in 2009.

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